Learn about the history of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, equality and justice by exploring major events in the history of their oppression on this day of the year.
3 July
EU DONATES - ISRAEL STEALS - EU BUSINESS AS USUAL
On this day in 2017, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the right-wing People’s Party told Israeli PM Netanyahu it was “unacceptable” to smash equipment, dismantle and confiscate solar panels donated by the Dutch government to the 160 residents of West Bank village, Jubbet Al Dhib. Israel prevents such Palestinian villages from connecting to the grid, unlike nearby Jewish settlements. The project cost approximately $600,000. Netanyahu well understands that these scoldings are not meant seriously.
الاتحاد الأوروبي يتبرع - إسرائيل تسرق- لكن العلاقة بينهما عادية
3 يوليو
في مثل هذا اليوم من عام 2017 ، أبلغ رئيس الوزراء الهولندي مارك روتي من حزب الشعب اليميني رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي نتنياهو أنه "من غير المقبول" تحطيم المعدات وتفكيك ومصادرة لوحات الخلايا الشمسية التي تبرعت بها الحكومة الهولندية إلى 160 شخص من سكان قرية جبة الذيب. إسرائيل تمنع مثل هذه القرى في الضفة الغربية الفلسطينية من الربط بالشبكة الكهربائية ، على عكس المستوطنات اليهودية القريبة. كلفت لوحات الخلايا الشمسية حوالي 600000 دولار. يدرك نتنياهو جيدًا أن هذه التوبيخات ليست جادة.
Cycle of Israeli theft -> criticism -> impunity -> theft -> criticism -> impunity
1. Israel seizes/steals EU aid to Palestinians, in this case solar panels
2. An EU politician, in this case the right wing Dutch Prime Minister, condemns the crime, in this case the theft
3. Exceptionally, pressure from the Dutch Government resulted in the panels being returned, minus ten that were damaged (vandalised?)
4. The equipment returned or not, Israel remains protected from any negative consequences of its actions.
Israel’s repetitive destruction of EU-funded projects in Palestine
Euro-Med Monitor estimates that since 2001, the Israeli authorities have destroyed approximately 150 development projects, of which totally or partial funded by the EC and its member states, of what incurs the EU a financial loss of approximately €58 million out of the total €85 million worth of damage.
